lentless cultivator speaks about techniques from the Taoist school, after being in contact with them for a long time, one naturally understands to some extent. One can discern whether they truly posse...Chapter 554: To Eat or Not to Eat

At this moment, no one seemed to have noticed how the little girl had appeared. It was highly unlikely that a child would be present at such an event, especially not a young girl.

The little girl looked only one or two years old, and her height and build seemed even smaller, though she appeared somewhat bigger in appearance.

No one could explain how this little girl had ended up here. No one would have brought her, so if she had wandered in by herself, wouldn’t the guards outside have stopped her

Not to mention the guards, no one inside the room seemed to have noticed her arrival either. Only Xianyao might have noticed at some point earlier, judging from that soft exclamation.

No one cared about how she had arrived; perhaps they simply hadn’t noticed. After all, it was just a little girl. What everyone was concerned about now was the fact that this little girl called Xianyao "daddy". That was the crux of the matter.

If the little girl had merely made a mistake in recognizing him, they would have found that normal. But Xianyao’s reaction seemed to suggest he acknowledged her identity.

"Little thing, how did you get here" Xianyao held the little girl and tapped her forehead.

"Ouch..." The little girl clutched her head in a way that was quite endearing.

"Xianyao, is she your daughter Who’s the mother" Miss asked blankly.

After all, it had been years since they last saw Xianyao. If he really did have a child with someone, it wasn’t impossible. The reason they didn’t know was simply that Xianyao hadn’t told them.

"Daughter What nonsense! How could she be my daughter You all know this little thing, her appearance has just changed a bit..." Xianyao chuckled. At this moment, the little girl had climbed onto his shoulder and was kicking with her snow-white bare feet in the air.

Everyone then noticed that the little girl seemed to be barefoot, wearing only shorts and short sleeves. On top of her head were two furry decorations that looked like animal ears; behind her shorts on her bottom was a small fluffy tail.

A child dressed up as an animal wasn’t exactly rare but still quite cute...

"We know each other" Miss wondered, looking at the little girl. How could they have possibly known this child Even if her appearance had changed, surely there would be some recognition

Guxing looked at the little girl and reached out to touch something on her head: "Really Eat-Eat"

"Eat-Eat!"

Miss and others exclaimed, looking at the little girl. Guxing meant that the animal ears atop the child’s head were real, and she guessed this child was Eat-Eat.

Considering it, if it really was Eat-Eat, then Xianyao’s words made sense. They had seen Eat-Eat before, and her appearance had indeed changed compared to back then.

But how could Eat-Eat become this way Even if a beast transformed into human form, they would at least look like adults or teenagers, never a toddler of one or two years old.

"Eat-Eat..." The little girl on Xianyao’s shoulder nodded and made a sound. A familiar sound that was indeed Eat-Eat’s voice.

Miss and others were stunned: "It really is Eat-Eat."

Xianyao said irritably, “Of course it’s Eat-Eat! Would I make such a mistake” If anyone else had made this statement, there might have been some doubt. But Xianyao wouldn’t be wrong.

Xianyao could never confuse Eat-Eat. No matter how much she transformed, as his life beast, the connection between them was unmistakable.

“If it’s really Eat-Eat, I thought you had secretly fathered a daughter behind our backs! Wait, why do you call Xianyao daddy” Miss suddenly remembered Eat-Eat’s first words upon entering: her address of Xianyao.

"Eat-Eat..." came the answer. But no one understood what she said except for Xianyao.

“You mean I’m your father just because I raised you Yes, that works too. You look so cute like this; if you want to call me daddy, go ahead.” Xianyao smiled, seemingly not minding the name at all.

Naturally, he wouldn’t mind. Eat-Eat now looked completely human and he liked her in this form, finding it fitting that she called him “father”.

He didn't care about how having a daughter might affect his future marriages; anyway, someone would like the idea. Besides, Eat-Eat was already special to begin with, so there was no real problem.

The only thing Xianyao couldn’t figure out was: “How did you get here”

"Chomp chomp..."

"So that's how it is. What kind of construction are you Is this even possible" Xianyao looked somewhat bewildered after hearing Chomp's explanation.

"Xianyao, what did Chomp say Also, why can you understand her now when you couldn't before," the Lady Miss thought it strange that he could suddenly understand Chomp. She had asked him about this in the past and Xianyao had clearly told her that he couldn’t.

"Right, how did I all of a sudden start understanding her Before, she was just speaking gibberish to me," Xianyao’s words left everyone speechless. He only thought of this now

...

Chomp also had no idea why and could only stare at him with those large eyes.

"Maybe it's because she became human-shaped Little thing, when did you transform And why do you look like this You should resemble Solitary Star and the others," Xianyao came up with an excuse on the spot. There was nothing to be probed into about this matter anyway as there were stranger things about Chomp.

"Chomp..." Chomp shook her head.

This didn’t need explaining, everyone understood that even Chomp herself had no idea why she turned out like this. She was originally an odd existence and strange occurrences happening to her wasn’t a big deal.

Furthermore, only some parts of the transformation process were visible. No one could be sure demons wouldn't transform into children as well; there might have been cases in which no one had found out about it.

"Brother, is this little girl a demon beast" Lingling wanted to touch Chomp’s small face but she dodged away and didn’t let her succeed.

"Yeah, my personal familiar. I don't know what species it is; just an odd little thing," Xianyao replied with a nod.

"Chomp, come give me a hug!" Solitary Star stretched out her hand to embrace Chomp who obediently went over to her. Solitary Star was the only one apart from Xianyao that could be close to Chomp.

"Why are you female I thought you were male" After staring at Chomp for a while, Solitary Star blurted out this question and it reminded Xianyao of something as well.

"Right, why are you female" Xianyao asked directly.

"Chomp!!" Chomp said unhappily. She looked even cuter now with her displeasure and could easily melt the hearts of those fond of the kawaii aesthetic.

"Did I say something wrong Oh, you were originally female; it was my mistake. What’s up with this You’re a demon beast so what’s it got to do with whether or not you're male or female... Alright alright, sorry, you are female..." Xianyao held the familiar who had tackled him and pouted in his arms as he laughed.

"Chomp..." Chomp let out an indescribable sound.

"Why don’t you talk It's really strange. I thought transformed demon beasts would be able to learn human language," Xianyao also found this odd, but considering how odd everything else about Chomp was, it wasn't much of a big deal.

Chomp herself had no idea as well and could only talk about her evolution.

It turned out that Chomp looked like this after evolving. As to why this happened, Chen Xi didn’t know either; he could only say it was just one of the forms she took on and might change in the future.

Xianyao found some similarities after comparing things from before and after her evolution. He realized that his cultivation speed had slowed down because Chomp needed energy to evolve and the energy transmission over such a long distance also puzzled him.

This was something Xianyao couldn’t figure out as well, just like how he couldn't comprehend the contract between him and his personal familiar or why demon beasts could transform. These things were beyond explanation but perhaps people in the future would be able to understand them.

"So it’s you who has been dragging me down all along; otherwise I might already have entered the Saint Realm," after making this conclusion, Xianyao gave Chomp a whack without holding back. It was just like before which made the girls nearby feel heartache.

Chomp had gained everyone's sympathy in the past and now there was even more of it.

"Chomp..." Chomp called out pitifully as she embraced Xianyao, rubbing her face against his. She looked like a spoiled brat which made people envious.

"Stop acting pitiable; your stomach is empty, right There’s plenty to eat here so just take what you want," Xianyao chuckled and patted Chomp's small head.

The moment he said that, she immediately started eating on the table. By the time everyone had recovered from her cute appearance of eating, they found that half of the food was already gone; when they wanted to say something, everything on the table was gone.

"A true glutton..."

Xianyao and the others gave Chomp an extremely fitting evaluation. This proved once more that this adorable little girl in front of them was indeed a glutton.

Fortunately, they were at the palace; it being the imperial banquet meant food would be brought over again when there was none left. Even though people didn’t usually eat much during an imperial banquet, plenty was prepared to begin with.n’t acceptable, no matter how influential their backgrounds were; the Tang Empire’s army wouldn’t tolerate it.However, currently, nobody dared to handle this situation as these three young women were...